Behaviour of brown bears killing wild ungulates in the Cantabrian Mountains, Southwestern Europe

Abstract Although brown bears (Ursus arctos) are known to be major predators of ungulates in North America and Northern Europe, there is little documentation regarding bear predation on wild ungulates in Southern Europe. We describe search, detection, killing and prey consumption behaviour by brown...

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Published in:European Journal of Wildlife Research
Language:English
Published: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2262/60632
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-010-0464-z